Seventy-seven-year-old Maria Jordan is in urgent need of assistance after watching helplessly as her home and all its contents went up in flames.

The wooden house in Weston, St James, was destroyed last Saturday morning, leaving Jordan and three other members of the household – an adult and two children – without a place to stay. Ten fire officers with two water tenders responded but could not save any of their belongings.

Jordan was at her neighbour and family friend Arlen Reid when the blaze began.